Forms of the word

Dictionary
ἱκανός, -ή, -όν
Greek transliteration
hikanos
Simplified transliteration
hikanos

Numbers

Strong's number
2425
GK Number
2653

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
39
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(2a)
Gloss
sufficient, considerable, much; appropriate, competent, worthy, deserving
Definition
befitting; sufficient, enough, Lk. 22:38; ἱκανὸν ποιειν τινι, to satisfy, gratify, Mk. 15:15; τὸ ἱκανὸν λαμβάνειν, to take security or bail of any one, Acts 17:9; or persons, adequate, competent, qualified, 2 Cor. 2:16; fit, worthy, Mt. 3:11; 8:8; of number or quantity, considerable, large, great, much, and pl. many, Mt. 28:12; Mk. 10:46

Greek-English Concordance for ἱκανός

Acts 19:19 And a number (hikanoi | ἱκανοί | nom pl masc) of those who had practiced magic arts collected their books and burned them up in the sight of all. And they calculated the value of them and found it to be fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Acts 19:26 And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable (hikanon | ἱκανόν | acc sg masc) number of people, saying that gods made by hand are not gods at all.
Acts 20:8 There were a number (hikanai | ἱκαναί | nom pl fem) of (hikanai | ἱκαναί | nom pl fem) lamps in the upper room where we had gathered.
Acts 20:11 Then Paul went back upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he spoke with them a considerable time, until dawn, and so he departed.
Acts 20:37 And there was much (hikanos | ἱκανός | nom sg masc) weeping on the part of all, and they fell on the neck of Paul and kissed him lovingly,
Acts 22:6 As I journeyed and came near to Damascus, about noon suddenly out of heaven there flashed a brilliant (hikanon | ἱκανόν | acc sg neut) light all around me.
Acts 27:7 We sailed slowly for a number (hikanais | ἱκαναῖς | dat pl fem) of days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus, and as the wind did not allow us to go farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone.
Acts 27:9 Since considerable (hikanou | ἱκανοῦ | gen sg masc) time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,
1 Corinthians 11:30 That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite (hikanoi | ἱκανοί | nom pl masc) a (hikanoi | ἱκανοί | nom pl masc) few (hikanoi | ἱκανοί | nom pl masc) are dead.
1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy (hikanos | ἱκανός | nom sg masc) to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
2 Corinthians 2:6 This punishment on such a person by the majority is enough (hikanon | ἱκανόν | nom sg neut) for him,
2 Corinthians 2:16 we are a deadly fume that kills, but to the former we are a life-giving fragrance that brings life. And who is adequate (hikanos | ἱκανός | nom sg masc) for ministry like this?
2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are adequate (hikanoi | ἱκανοί | nom pl masc) in ourselves to consider anything as coming from us, but our adequacy comes from God,
2 Timothy 2:2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these things to faithful men, who will also be able (hikanoi | ἱκανοί | nom pl masc) to teach others.

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